S-3/A 1 regstat_forms3a.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-3 Registration Statement Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 13, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-135778

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-3
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NESTOR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
13-3163744
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

42 Oriental Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
(401) 274-5658
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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William B. Danzell
Chief Executive Officer
Nestor, Inc.
42 Oriental Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
(401) 274-5658
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Benjamin M. Alexander, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Nestor, Inc.
42 Oriental Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
Telephone: (401) 274-5658, extension 738
Telecopy: (401) 274-5707
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: [ ]
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: [X]
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.. [ ]
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
 
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [ ]
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [ ]
 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), shall determine.



PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
 
The following table sets forth the various expenses to be incurred in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, all of which will be borne by Nestor (except any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the selling stockholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of the shares). All amounts shown are estimates except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.
 
Filing Fee - Securities and Exchange Commission
 
$
4,466.94
 
Legal fees and expenses
 
$
10,000.00
 
Accounting fees and expenses
 
$
5,000.00
 
Miscellaneous expenses
 
$
2,000.00
 
Total Expenses
 
$
21,466.94
 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. Nestor has included such a provision in its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
 
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
 
Article SIXTH of Nestor, Inc.’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that Nestor shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time, each person who may be indemnified by Nestor pursuant thereto.
 




Article NINTH of Nestor, Inc.’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of Nestor shall be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code (relating to the Delaware General Corporation Law) or an amendment thereto or successor provision thereto or shall be liable by reason that, in addition to any and all other requirements for such liability, he (i) shall have breached his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) shall not have acted in good faith or, in failing to act, shall not have acted in good faith, (iii) shall have acted in a manner involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or, in failing to act, shall have acted in a manner involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or (iv) shall have derived an improper personal benefit and further provides that neither the amendment nor repeal of Article NINTH, nor the adoption of any provision of the certificate of incorporation inconsistent with Article NINTH, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of Article NINTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for Article NINTH would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
 
Article VII of Nestor, Inc.’s Amended By-Laws provide that Nestor shall (a) indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of Nestor to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of Nestor or is or was serving at the request of Nestor as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, and (b) indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of Nestor), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of Nestor, or served at the request of Nestor as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, in each case to the fullest extent permissible under subsections (a) through (e) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the indemnification provisions of any successor statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such person may be entitled, under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
 
Nestor has purchased directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which would indemnify its directors and officers against damages arising out of certain kinds of claims which might be made against them based on their negligent acts or omissions while acting in their capacity as such.
 
Item 16. Exhibits
 
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3.
 
Item 17. Undertakings.
 
Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
 
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);
 

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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
 
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
 
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
 
(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
 
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Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions described herein, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
 

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Providence, State of Rhode Island, on September 13, 2006.
 
   
NESTOR, INC.
     
 
By:
/s/William B. Danzell
   
William B. Danzell
   
President and Chief Executive Officer

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
Title
Date
/s/William B. Danzell 
William B. Danzell
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
September 13, 2006
/s/Nigel P. Hebborn 
Nigel P. Hebborn
 
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
September 13, 2006
/s/Teodor Klowan, Jr. 
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
 
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
September 13, 2006
/s/George L. Ball * 
George L. Ball
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/Albert H. Cox, Jr.* 
Albert H. Cox, Jr.
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/Clarence A. Davis* 
Clarence A. Davis
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/Michael C. James * 
Michael C. James
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/David N. Jordan * 
David N. Jordan
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/Nina R. Mitchell* 
Nina R. Mitchell
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/Thodore Petroulas* 
Thodore Petroulas
 
Director
September 13, 2006
/s/Daryl Silzer * 
Daryl Silzer
 
Director
September 13, 2006
*/s/William B. Danzell 
William B. Danzell, Attorney-in-fact
 
September 13, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibits
3.1*
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
 
4.01*
Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Registrant filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-2 (File No. 333-108432), filed September 2, 2003, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
 
5.01
Opinion of Benjamin M. Alexander, Esq.
 
10.4*
Form of Senior Convertible Notes dated May 25, 2006, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to Nestor’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2006 (at Exhibit A thereto)
 
10.5*
Form of Warrants dated May 25, 2006, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to Nestor’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2006 (at Exhibit B thereto)
 
10.6*
Warrants in favor of Cowen & Co., LLC dated May 25, 2006, incorporated by reference from Nestor’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2006 (at Exhibit 10.6 thereto)
 
10.12*
Form of Amended & Restated 5% Senior Convertible Notes dated May 25, 2006, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to Nestor’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2006 (at Exhibit B to Exhibit J thereto)
 
10.13*
Form of Common Stock Warrants dated May 25, 2006, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to Nestor’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2006 (at Exhibit C to Exhibit J thereto)
 
 
23.01*
Consent of Carlin, Charron & Rosen LLP dated August 23, 2006.
 
23.02
Consent of Benjamin M. Alexander, Esq., included in Exhibit 5.01
 
24.01*
Power of Attorney

*Previously filed.
 
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